Museum Selection Oriental Winter GiftWrap & Tags
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The British Museum On my first days here [Attersee] I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little
, Gustav Klimt writing to Marie Zimmermann. A key influence upon Art Nouveau artistsJapanese Ukiyoe woodblock prints were exhibited at the 1889 and 1900 Expositions Universelles in Paris. Reflecting the Japanese influence, refined giftwrap, blending details of temples and bridges in the snow from mid19th century woodblocks by Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai, and 17th century Tosa school screen paintings of bamboo and imagined landscapes.
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